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Nationality
  
United States

Fields
  
Mathematics

Doctoral advisor
  
Peter Henrici

Name
  
Gilbert Strang

Awards
  
Chauvenet Prize

Role
  
Mathematician


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Born
  
November 27, 1934 (age 89) Chicago, Illinois (
1934-11-27
)

Institutions
  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alma mater
  
MIT (S.B.)Balliol College, Oxford (M.A.)UCLA (Ph.D.)

Thesis
  
Difference Methods for Mixed Boundary Value Problems (1959)

Doctoral students
  
Hermann Flaschka, Jackie Shen

Education
  
Balliol College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Oxford

Books
  
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Linear Algebra and Its Ap, Introduction to applied mathematics, Computational Science and Engi, Wavelets and filter banks

Similar People
  
George Fix, Peter Henrici, Hermann Flaschka, Walter Lewin

Notable awards
  
Chauvenet Prize (1977)

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William Gilbert Strang (born November 27, 1934), usually known as simply Gilbert Strang or Gil Strang, is an American mathematician, with contributions to finite element theory, the calculus of variations, wavelet analysis and linear algebra. He has made many contributions to mathematics education, including publishing seven mathematics textbooks and one monograph. Strang is the MathWorks Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches Introduction to Linear Algebra and Computational Science and Engineering and his lectures are freely available through MIT OpenCourseWare.

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Education

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  • S.B., 1955, MIT
  • B. A., M. A., 1957, Rhodes Scholar, Balliol College, Oxford
  • Ph. D., National Science Foundation Fellow, 1959, University of California, Los Angeles. Dissertation: "Difference Methods for Mixed Boundary Value Problems"

    • University positions

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  • Professor of Mathematics, MIT (1962–)
  • Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford

    • Awards and honors

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  • Rhodes Scholar (1955)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1966–1967)
  • Chauvenet Prize, Mathematical Association of America (1976)
  • Honorary Professor, Xian Jiaotong University, China (1980)
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985)
  • Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford University (1999)
  • Honorary Member, Irish Mathematical Society (2002)
  • Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2003)
  • Lester R. Ford Award (2005)
  • Von Neumann Medal, US Association for Computational Mechanics (2005)
  • Haimo Prize, Mathematical Association of America (2007)
  • Su Buchin Prize, International Congress (ICIAM, 2007)
  • Henrici Prize (2007)
  • National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Toulouse (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Aalborg University (2013)
  • Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009)

    • Service

  • President, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (1999, 2000)
  • Chair, U.S. National Committee on Mathematics (2003–2004)
  • Chair, National Science Foundation (NSF) Advisory Panel on Mathematics
  • Board Member, International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM)
  • Abel Prize Committee (2003–2005)

    • Books and monographs

    1. Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (Spring 2014) http://math.mit.edu/dela/
    2. Essays in Linear Algebra (2012)
    3. Algorithms for Global Positioning, with Kai Borre (2012)
    4. Computational Science and Engineering (2007)
    5. Linear Algebra, Geodesy, and GPS, with Kai Borre (1997)
    6. Wavelets and Filter Banks, with Truong Nguyen (1996)
    7. Introduction to Linear Algebra (1993, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2016)
    8. Calculus (1991, 2010)
    9. Linear Algebra and Its Applications (1976, 1980, 1988, 2005)
    10. Introduction to Applied Mathematics. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley-Cambridge Press. 1986. pp. xii+758. MR 870634. 
    11. An Analysis of the Finite Element Method, with George Fix (1973, 2008)

    References

    Gilbert Strang Wikipedia
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